Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects

Question

so here is the error

[Mon Sep 30 00:09:53 2013] [error] [client 66.249.66.205] Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error. Use 'LimitInternalRecursion' to increase the limit if necessary. Use 'LogLevel debug' to get a backtrace.
[Mon Sep 30 00:09:53 2013] [debug] core.c(3120): [client 66.249.66.205] r->uri = /home/mysitecom/domains/mysite.com/public_html/index.php
[Mon Sep 30 00:09:53 2013] [debug] core.c(3126): [client 66.249.66.205] redirected from r->uri = /home/mysitecom/domains/mysite.com/public_html/index.php
[Mon Sep 30 00:09:53 2013] [debug] core.c(3126): [client 66.249.66.205] redirected from r->uri = /home/mysitecom/domains/mysite.com/public_html/index.php
[Mon Sep 30 00:09:53 2013] [debug] core.c(3126): [client 66.249.66.205] redirected from r->uri = /home/mysitecom/domains/mysite.com/public_html/index.php
[Mon Sep 30 00:09:53 2013] [debug] core.c(3126): [client 66.249.66.205] redirected from r->uri = /home/mysitecom/domains/mysite.com/public_html/index.php
[Mon Sep 30 00:09:53 2013] [debug] core.c(3126): [client 66.249.66.205] redirected from r->uri = /home/mysitecom/domains/mysite.com/public_html/index.php
[Mon Sep 30 00:09:53 2013] [debug] core.c(3126): [client 66.249.66.205] redirected from r->uri = /home/mysitecom/domains/mysite.com/public_html/index.php
[Mon Sep 30 00:09:53 2013] [debug] core.c(3126): [client 66.249.66.205] redirected from r->uri = /home/mysitecom/domains/mysite.com/public_html/index.php
[Mon Sep 30 00:09:53 2013] [debug] core.c(3126): [client 66.249.66.205] redirected from r->uri = /home/mysitecom/domains/mysite.com/public_html/index.php
[Mon Sep 30 00:09:53 2013] [debug] core.c(3126): [client 66.249.66.205] redirected from r->uri = /home/mysitecom/domains/mysite.com/public_html/index.php
[Mon Sep 30 00:09:53 2013] [debug] core.c(3126): [client 66.249.66.205] redirected from r->uri = /images/2013/02/600x376_0.076827001313237200_pixnaz_ir_1.jpg

how can i find what is cuzing this ?

it seems a loop around index.php , with the exception of last one which is an image , most likely linked within one of my page (not index)

i'm using codeigniter which is a mvc framework and everything goes trough index.php file .... so it's a bit harder to understand where it goes wrong .

apparently it has something to do with htaccess (it's been mentioned in couple of blogs )

here is my htacc ... basically it removes index.php from all the links , nothing unusual

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
    # If we don't have mod_rewrite installed, all 404's
    # can be sent to index.php, and everything works as normal.
    # Submitted by: ElliotHaughin

    ErrorDocument 404 index.php
</IfModule> 
AddType image/x-windows-bmp bmp

i have a dedicated server

Solution

You need to add an exception so that you are not rewriting index.php to index.php?/index.php. (Also, are you sure that you want a / after the ??)

Here's a RewriteCond to stop that loop:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} != /index.php/

It should be inserted before the RewriteRule.

Comments

[max]

thanx , im going to try it .. and actually the ? was extra , i've removed it .. but it wasn't really important

[max]

but still , i have to ask why this is happening ... the sulotion might work but it shouldn't be like that in the first place

[lsmooth]

is it possible your index.php is a symlink? if so add RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l to the conditions as well

[max]

i get 500 Internal Server Error after adding new condition , my links are like this .. www.site.com/index.php/users/get and with current htacc my link are like www.site.com/users/get

[Jenny D]

Look at your server logs. They are very likely to give you the answer.